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Ukrainian strikes rock Russia as vote cements Putin’s grip on power

March 16, 2024 admin

Observers watch a live broadcast from polling stations at the Public election monitoring centre during Russia’s presidential election in Volgograd, Russia March 16, 2024. | Photo Credit: Reuters Ukrainian bombardments killed two persons and set an oil facility ablaze in Russia on March 16, officials said, on the second day of elections guaranteed to cement…

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Russians are voting in an election that holds little suspense after Putin crushed dissent

March 16, 2024 admin

Russian President Vladimir Putin attends an electronic voting during a presidential voting at the Novo-Ogaryovo state residence outside Moscow, Russia, on March 15, 2024. | Photo Credit: AP Russia began three days of voting on Friday in a presidential election that is all but certain to extend President Vladimir Putin’s rule by six more years…

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Vladimir Putin On Ukrainian Strikes On Russia

March 15, 2024 admin

“This is an attempt to interfere with the presidential election,” Putin said. Moscow: President Vladimir Putin said Friday that his military would respond to a string of Ukrainian attacks on Russia that he described as an attempt by Kyiv to derail presidential elections. Russian border regions this week have been targeted by fatal Ukrainian bombardments…

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Russians head to polls in a vote set to extend Putin’s rule

March 15, 2024 admin

In this photo released by Official news Channel of the Administration of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky Urban District, A woman casts a ballot at a polling station during a presidential election in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, the capital of Kamchatka Peninsula region, 6 797 km (4248 miles) east of Moscow, Russia, on March 15, 2024. | Photo Credit: AP Voters headed…

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The Hindu Morning Digest, March 14, 2024

March 14, 2024 admin

BJP workers celebrate after the announcement of Union Minister for Road Transport and Highway Nitin Gadkari’s name as the party’s candidate from Nagpur constituency for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, in Nagpur, on March 13, 2024. | Photo Credit: PTI Ram Nath Kovind-led panel may submit report on simultaneous polls on March 14 The high-level…

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Amid Ukraine War, Russia President Vladimir Putin Says Will Deploy Troops, Strike Systems Near New NATO Member Finland

March 13, 2024 admin

Putin said Finland and Sweden’s entry into NATO is ‘a meaningless step’. Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday vowed to deploy its troops and strike systems near the Finnish border following its accession to NATO, Al Jazeera reported. Putin said Finland and Sweden’s entry into NATO is ‘a meaningless step’, adding that Russia will…

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Russia is ready for nuclear war, says Putin

March 13, 2024 admin

Russian President Vladimir Putin has said that the country would be ready to use nuclear weapons if its sovereignty was threatened. File | Photo Credit: AP Russia remains in a state of combat readiness and is fully ready for a nuclear war, but not “everything is rushing to it” at present, President Vladimir Putin said…

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Ahead of election, President Vladimir Putin’s programmes occupy most of TV shows in Russia

March 11, 2024 admin

Thousands of Russians braved the cold for hours earlier this month to honour the Opposition politician Alexei Navalny after his funeral. They chanted anti-war slogans and covered his gravesite with so many flowers that it disappeared from view. It was one of the largest displays of defiance against President Vladimir Putin since he invaded Ukraine,…

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IAEA head Grossi held ‘professional and frank’ talks with Russia’s Putin

March 9, 2024 admin

Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting with Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Rafael Grossi and Director General of Russian nuclear company Rosatom Alexey Likhachev in Sochi, Russia, March 6, 2024. | Photo Credit: REUTERS International Atomic Energy Agency chief Rafael Grossi described his meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin this…

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Putin Ally Medvedev Slams Biden, Calls Him “Mad” Disgrace To America

March 8, 2024 admin

Diplomats say his views give an indication of thinking at the top levels of the Kremlin elite. Moscow: Dmitry Medvedev, an ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin, called Joe Biden a “mad” disgrace to the United States on Friday and said the U.S. president had no right to compare himself to Franklin D. Roosevelt. Biden…

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